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Tiruvottriyur (TVT) is a neighbourhood in North Chennai, administered by the Greater Chennai Corporation. It is part of the Tondiarpet division, located to the north of Chennai. It is one of the fifteen administrative zones in the Greater Chennai Corporation. The zone is called Zone 1 (Tiruvottriyur).

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Tiruvottriyur
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Neighbourhood
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India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India
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left
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Country
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India
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Tamil Nadu
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District
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Chennai
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Taluk
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Tiruvottiyur
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Metro
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Chennai
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Zone
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Chennai
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0

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
suburb
Country
India
Located in
Tamil Nadu
Area
21.42
Elevation
0
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Image
Thyagaraswamy1.jpg
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Commons category
Tiruvottiyur
postal code
600019
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Landmarks
  • Notable residents
  • Adjacent communities
  • References
  • External links

Tiruvottriyur (TVT) is a neighbourhood in North Chennai, administered by the Greater Chennai Corporation. It is part of the Tondiarpet division, located to the north of Chennai. It is one of the fifteen administrative zones in the Greater Chennai Corporation. The zone is called Zone 1 (Tiruvottriyur).

Tiruvottriyur has industrial units, trading activity, and nearby fishing hamlets. The area is easily accessible by Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses from across the city and has a bus terminus. The area is also served by the Tiruvottiyur railway junction of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. As of 2011, the neighbourhood had a population of 249,446.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tiruvottiyur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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